Word: faithful
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...What keeps you going at difficult moments like these? I suppose it's the inspiration [I draw from] the resilience of the people. They maintain faith with our leadership, and with the idea that our goal can be achieved...
...person, Gänswein is affable and quick-witted - though always off-the-record - when encountering members of the Vatican press corps. In 1996, he began working in the key Vatican office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, headed by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. He has also worked as a Professor of Canon Law at Rome's Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, which is run by Opus Dei, though Gänswein is not a member...
...does not appear to have such sweeping authority. The real muscle behind the scenes is flexed by the No. 2 man in the Vatican hierarchy, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who was Ratzinger's No. 2 in his old job at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. During the April 15-20 visit, the Italian Cardinal will also be frequently seen close to Benedict's side, at the White House, the United Nations and others appearances. Bertone stands out in a crowd as well: tall and bespectacled, with a gregarious disposition. But both Bertone and Gänswein...
Prayer is one of the five basic pillars of Islam. "Everyone prays," my husband says. People innately want to call out to God. We all do it, in different ways. By missing my prayers, I would be shrugging off one of the most important, yet basic, obligations of my faith - being observant of it doesn't make me less "American...
...Deputy Party Secretary Zhou Li agrees. Foreign-educated and fluent in English, she's proud of the tower, and of her town. People need something to believe in, she reasons, and record-breaking towers inspire faith. "Even I have religion now," she said with a laugh. "My religion is the Communist Party." And with that, she climbs into her very red Audi A4, and speeds away...